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Transposing Poetry: Ekphrasis
Posted on 22/06/2011 | 1 CommentTransposition is very much what poetry and all literary art is about. To hear snatches from the huge unknowable symphony of experience, to catch them and transpose them to a key that resonates with our understanding, so that at some... -
The World in the Shadow of God: A Review
Posted on 03/06/2011 | No CommentsReview of Ephraim Radner, The World in the Shadow of God: An Introduction to Christian Natural Theology (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010). Ephraim Radner delivers a stimulating essay on his vision of natural theology as an introduction to 129... -
Believing Poetically
Posted on 01/06/2011 | 2 CommentsIf you have been about Transpositions for any length of time, you’ll have noticed that each of us are interested in the way faith is lived out. Particularly, we focus on the relationship between artistic and creative expressions. We appreciate... -
C. S. Lewis: Writer and Poet
Posted on 14/05/2011 | No CommentsReview of Part III: Writer (chapters 19-21). Alan Jacobs, “The Chronicles of Narnia,” 265-280; Peter J. Schakel, “Til We Have Faces,” 281-293; Malcolm Guite, “Poet,” 294-310 from Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis, Robert MacSwain and Michael Ward, Editors., Cambridge:... -
C. S. Lewis: Writer (of journeying and heavenly things)
Posted on 13/05/2011 | 4 CommentsGuest Contributor, Travis Buchanan offers this discussion of Part III: Writer (chapters 16-18). The discussion below assumes familiarity with David Jasper, “The Pilgrim’s Regress and Suprised by Joy,” 223-236; T.A. Shippey, “The Ransom Trilogy,” 237-250; Jerry L Walls, “The Great... -
C. S. Lewis: The Professional Scholar
Posted on 09/05/2011 | 3 CommentsStephen Schuler, offers this review of Part I: Scholar (chapters 2-5). John V. Fleming, “Literary Critic,” 15-28; Stephen Logan, “Literary Theorist,” 29-42; Dennis Danielson, “Intellectual Historian,” 43-57; and Mark Edwards, “Classicist,” 58-74 from Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis, ed. Robert... -
Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis Book Review: Introduction
Posted on 08/05/2011 | No CommentsThis coming week will see Transpositions devote its posts to the review of The Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis, edited by Robert MacSwain and Michael Ward. Part of the Cambridge Companions to Religion series, this companion has twenty-one wide...
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